Envelop-marker.



110.800 .815. PATENTED OCT. 3, 1905. E. NBRON. BNVELOP MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 21, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWVIN NERON, OF DOVER, NEl/V HAMPSHIRE.

ENVELOP-MARKER.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN NERON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Dover, in the county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in Envelop-Markers, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

Myinvention is an envelop-marker adapted to be inserted within an envelop for delicately designating the lines by creases which will disappear therefor-m in a short time.

I provide a thin plate, preferably of such resilient material as celluloid, having a series of corrugations arranged in the manner required for the address on the envelop or such other written matter as may be desired.

The further constructional details will be pointed out in the course of the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated my invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the preferred embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof, taken on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aperspective view thereof, one edge being broken away for clearness of illustration; and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing a modified construction.

For convenience of illustration I have shown my invention embodied in a form or shape to correspond to the usual style of envelops provided for ladies, as my invention is adapted especially for this purpose. My envelopmarker will usually be placed in boxes of fancy stationery, occupying. very little space therein, slightly greater only than an ordinary card or sheet of paper.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that a plate a of thin material is provided having a rectangular shape to fit the envelop, the corners being rounded, as indicated at a, and on the upper surface of this plate are ridges a (fa so that the user may insert the plate within the envelop and then lightly rub the outside of the envelop down over the ridges a a (0*, thereby leaving markings on the enyelop-surface sufiicient for guiding the writing along straight lines and yet not sufficient to interfere in any way with the freedom of the pen.

I prefer to make the marker of celluloid or other thin and highly-resilient material-such Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 21, 1905. Serial No. 242,074.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

as vulcanized rubber, very thin sheet metal, &c.and corrugate this thin resilient sheet substance to form the ridges, as indicated clearyl in cross-section in Fig. 2. I have found that resilient ridges permit sufiicient yielding when the fingers are run over the paper for marking the latter, so that instead of making permanent marks in the paper the marks are more indefinite or less sharply defined, and hence quickly vanish. This is a point of considerable value in the practical use of the invention, as it is desirable that the fact that a lining device was used shall not be made evident to the recipient of the letter. Also such a substance as celluioid readily receives printed or other form of advertising matter, if desired.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a metal plate a", in which the upper surface is ground away so as to provide ridges a. This embodiment of my invention is more expensive and less practical and also marks the lines more conspicuously tl)1an the yielding plate. (Shown in Figs. 1 to 3.

It will be understood that my invention is capable of many other embodiments, and accordingly I wish it understood that many modifications may be resorted to both in form, material, and arrangement without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined herein and in the appended claims. When made of a suitable shape and provided with the proper number and arrangement of ridges, it may be used as a letter-paper marker, &c., the main idea being to have a thin sheet to go with the box of stationery or the like and which may be inserted within the envelop or the like and which contains slight ridges, preferably resilient, as already fully described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An envelop-marker, consisting of a thin plate adapted to be inserted within an envelop or the like and having a series of slightlyraised ridges arranged for temporarily marking address-lines or the like on the envelop, substantially as described.

2. An envelop-marker, consisting of a thin plate of resilient material adapted to be inserted within an envelop or the like and having a series of slightly-raised resilient ridges arranged for temporarily marking address-lines or the like on the envelop,'substantially as described.

3. An envelopmarker, consisting of a sheet of thin celluloid havinga series of fine corrugations arranged according to the desired lining efl'eot to be produced in the envelop or the like, said corrugations forming on the upper EDWIN NERON' 5 surface thereof slightly-raised resilient ridges, \Vitnesses:

CHARLES E. (Jonson, WALTER J. MOINTIRE. 4

to this specification in the presence of two sub scribing witnesses.

as and for the purpose set forth. A

In testimony whereof I have signed my name 

